OBEISANCE Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

obeisance

noun

Definition of obeisance

as in homage

a show of respect or acknowledgement of the authority or importance of another They made obeisance before the king and queen. She earned herself some political enemies when she failed to make the proper obeisance to those in power.

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Recent Examples of obeisance But as wrong-headed as the Court’s obeisance to the executive branch has been (see, for example, its 2024 ruling on Presidential immunity), that deference has its limits. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026 After a decade of seemingly supine obeisance, there is no obvious reason why the military leadership would suddenly rouse itself to oppose Xi. — Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025 But Zuckerberg isn’t the only one paying abject obeisance to the president. — Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 July 2025 In the first case, Obama was accused of showing obeisance to a foreign ruler and Islam. — Brendan Cole shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for obeisance

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Noun

Casey came up with an excuse prior to the 2023 season to have Gary dig out the Dodgers card, then had his local tattoo artist make his vision a unique — and realistic — homage.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Although Marrakech is known as The Red City, it is also known as a garden city, and the resort is an homage to that.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 July 2026

Definition of homage

Noun

Toney is challenging Ulbrich — and rapidly earning respect from the head of the Falcons’ defensive staff.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Every day, we are honored to tell America’s stories and hold that responsibility with the utmost regard, respect, and fidelity.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of respect

Noun

Schettino conducted a sail-by salute near Giglio Island off the coast of Tuscany on January 13, 2012, where a crew member had family, according to the documentary.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 10 July 2026
This includes the iconic moment when the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a defiant Black Power salute during the US National Anthem at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.

— James Rampton, TheWeek, 9 July 2026

Definition of salute

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Neill is at his most handsome, charming heartthrob best here, and the film received an Oscar nod for its period costume design.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
As gut health trends surge, from fiber-heavy diets to microbiome therapies, centuries-old fermentation is suddenly in the spotlight — even earning a nod in the federal government’s latest dietary guidelines.

— Devi Shastri, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of nod

Noun

Everyone is pretty curious about how these murders just sort of tied themselves up with a neat little bow.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 15 July 2026
Its concluding images emphasise a clichéd concept of motherhood, as though to put a neat bow on what was in fact a more complex story of trust, patience and everyday courage.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 15 July 2026

Definition of bow

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As a producer with a foot in both the classic-rock and modern pop/rap worlds, Watt possesses both a fanboy’s reverence for Stones history and a shrewd knowledge of the precision mechanics practiced in pro songwriters’ rooms.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
The actor, whose political beliefs don’t cleanly map onto the modern divisions of the two-party system, has both a reverence for America as a set of ideals and an awareness of the faults within its history that creates interesting textual friction.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 July 2026

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